Cotton Balls (BM 2145-70) vs White Dove (BM OC-17)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Cotton Balls 2145-70 (simulated) — Cotton Balls BM 2145-70#F5F6EB, LRV 89

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore White Dove OC-17 (simulated) — White Dove BM OC-17#EFEEE5, LRV 83.2 Verified 2026-10-02

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Cotton Balls, LRV 89 vs 83.2.
Warmer: About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 5.2 vs 4.5).
North rooms: Cotton Balls keeps more brightness (L* 92.4 vs 90.0 in north light); White Dove drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.1 vs 2.6).
Trim that works: Cotton Balls BM OC-122, #F5F6EB, LRV 89: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.1, very close. At 2.1, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

Cotton BallsBenjamin Moore, BM 2145-70LRV 89, #F5F6EB

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Simply White vs Cotton BallsBM 2143-70 vs BM 2145-70deltaE 1.1, very close

White DoveBenjamin Moore, BM OC-17LRV 83.2, #EFEEE5

More comparisons with White Dove

Cotton Balls (BM 2145-70) is lighter than White Dove (BM OC-17) and about as warm: LRV 89 vs 83.2, deltaE 2.1 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Cotton Balls	White Dove	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Benjamin Moore
Color code	2145-70	OC-17
Hex	#F5F6EB	#EFEEE5
RGB	245, 246, 235	239, 238, 229
HSL	65°, 38%, 94%	54°, 24%, 92%
LRV (light reflectance value)	89	83.2	+5.8
Lab L*	96.5	94.0	+2.6
Lab a*	-2.2	-1.2	−1.0
Lab b*	5.2	4.5	+0.7
Undertone	Neutral	Warm Yellow
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	White	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Cotton Balls (BM 2145-70), published as #F5F6EB

North light (cool, indirect)
#E3EBE9

South light (warm, direct)
#FFFFE9

White Dove (BM OC-17), published as #EFEEE5

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDE4E3

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF8E5

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Cotton Balls (BM 2145-70) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 5.8 LRV points lighter (89 vs 83.2), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Cotton Balls in other brands

Closest matches to White Dove in other brands

Common questions

Is Cotton Balls the same color as White Dove?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.1. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Cotton Balls and White Dove.
Which is lighter, Cotton Balls or White Dove?: Cotton Balls, with an LRV of 89 against 83.2.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Cotton Balls: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); White Dove: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.